Creating community...

I'm on a bit of an obsessive kick with the whole community thing. I feel like crafters on one hand are very solitary people, since crafting isn't usually a group activity. However, I also notice, that once you get creative people together, getting them to stop talking is generally kind of diffucult.

South Florida doesn't really have a centralized art scene, and even the down town area is pretty well spread out. One of my favorite aspects of working with the Hollywood Craft Mafia has been working on improving involvement of the South Florida crafting community.We've been doing meet ups for a while, but Rebecca organized a meetup.com group for us, and we all come up with ideas for what types of events to have.


So far we've had a few craft supply swaps, a Glove Bunny Workshop, and a trip to Trash 2 Treasure creative re-use center. This month we're joining up with Undergrounds Coffeehaus for their monthly Stitch N Bitch. I love this kind of event. All I have to do is show up, craft, chat, and snack. It's a really fun way to meet new crafters and it's "networking" that doesn't make me feel creepy.

The Hollywood Craft Mafia Meetup group is heading out to Undergrounds Coffehaus Saturday, July 25th from 7pm to 1am for some public crafting, exellent coffee, and general hanging out. You should join us, because the only thing better than sewing, beading, painting, or whatever portable craft thing you do, is doing it at Undergrounds.

Come get your craft on people.
More info, and to join the meetup: http://www.meetup.com/HCMMeetupGroup/calendar/10807980/